Remember the suspense over whether the new World Trade Center was the tallest building in the Americas? At a numerically patriotic 1,776 feet,…
Category: Feature
07.12.2020
Lessons Learned from COVID-19
Four surveying and mapping colleagues share their experience working through the outbreak Ed, Board Member and Head of Field Surveys & Mapping Department…
07.12.2020
FEMA NFIP Technical Bulletin 1 (2020)
The Surveyor as Floodplain Consultant
The much-anticipated revision of TB-1 is out. “Requirements for Flood Openings in Foundation Walls and Walls of Enclosures, Technical Bulletin 1” was released…
07.12.2020
Adding Accuracy and Efficiency to Street-Level Imagery
Modern platforms for image management and analysis leverage high-precision data to deliver comprehensive information for managing public assets. Around the globe, organizations are…
05.31.2020
GNSS Industry Pioneer Javad Ashjaee Dies from Coronavirus
It is with great sadness to report that Dr. Javad Ashjaee has succumbed to the virus sweeping the globe. The surveying community owes…
05.23.2020
Uncovering Our Ancient Past
Archaeologist employs total stations to create photorealistic 3D GIS models
Part of being human is to grapple with big questions such as who am I and where did I come from? In the…
05.23.2020
Henderson Townsite Retracement Survey
The genesis for the retracement survey for the Henderson Townsite was a previous project in the area of the 1931 Plat of Sierra…
05.23.2020
Repeated Imaging Success in Schiphol
In 2018, Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands recorded 499,444 commercial air flight movements, an average of about 1,350 take offs and landings per…
05.23.2020
Preserving Survey Records
Hancock Associates, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science firm was founded in 1978. Over the years, it has amassed…
04.22.2020
Precise Accuracy for Underground Pipelines
Centimeter-level accuracy in remote locations is key to installing underground oil pipelines and staking drill sites
Texas is oil country. But before the rigs start pumping and the black gold flowing, pipes need to be laid and drilling locations…
